Attachment to road-grading machines.



` PATTNTED. AUG. 23, 1906.

J. E. RIDING'S. l ATTACHMENT To ROAD GRADING MACHINES.

APLIOATION FILED FEB. 19. 1906.

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PATENTED AUG. 2a, 1906.

I. E. RIDINGS.- ATTAGHMENT To ROAD GRADING MACHINES.

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` WIT-A155555- ted lines, with the right Wheel shown in full imi-*ED 'smi-ESI .rirrnnr l`clarion i fJAMEs-'En win-Rinines, or s ALINA', KANsiis. ATTACHMENT 'fontana-GRADING MACHINES.

Tov @Zijwhom t may concern:

- a citizenof the UnitedStates, residing at-Salina, in' the county ofS'aline and Statel of Kan-` sas', have invented new and useful Improvements in Road- Grading Machines, ofwhich the. following is a specification. f .f

My invention relates to attachments to aftermore drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

attachment for any road-grading machine Whichwill hold the-grader, plow7 or scraper in pro er position no matter what the inclination o' the ground may be.` i f r A' further ob'ectof my invention is to provide an `attac ment for grading-machlnes which may. be successfully used on any of the grading-machines now .1n use for grading iolad's or streets, digging ditches, or orming A still further object of my invention is to provide an attachment for grading-machines and the like which shall be sim le in construction in all of its parts, dura'b e and reli-` able in oper-ation, and readily repaired.

I attain these objects by the attachment shown in the accompanying draw-in s, forming a part of Athisa plicatlon, in W 'ch like' letters refer to simi ar parts, andin which- Figure l represents a rear view of my attachment in connection with a grading-machine of ordinary construction, partly in dotl `lines at an angle to the machine and in dotted lines in a vertical position, the left-hand Wheel being shown in full lines in a vertical position, but in dotted lines at an angle'to the machine. Fig. 2 represents my attachment in connection with an ordinary roadading machine, partlyin dotted lines, wit both wheels set at an angle to the machine, but in proper vertical position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 represents a-detail view of the sectors, the bell-crank-lever axle, and spindle, the lever being partly broken away. Fig. 4 represents a top plan view of the movab e sectors, the axle and spindle, and adfusting-gears.

This attachment, 'as heretofore stated, may be and isintended to be used with the road-graders now inv use or- With any other graders which may be constructed. Its construction is such that the Wheels may either or both-be set at any required angle indespecifies/tion nettet raient. 1 reputation ne@ rama 19,1906.` stanno. 901,791.

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yaxles a a/ are pivoted'to sectors Patentes nag. es'neoe.

pendentlyof each other or on the same line of inclination". thus accommodating itself to any and every inclination of the round and so that the dirt ma be thrown to t e iight or left, as en applied to a new grader, it may be readily applied thereto without difficulty, as the connecting parts,l as shown,

U can beconstructed and adapted to each road-grad 1n machines, which will be herein-l lly` described, illustrated inthe.

other. When it is applied to an old gradingmachine, the axle may be cut oit` at the ends andthe attachment secured thereto without further ch-ange. One object of my* invention is to'providq an If the constructlon'of the old machine is such that the bell-crank lever may come in contact With or interfere with any parts ofsuch machine, saidlevers may be bent or shortened so as to qbviate such diiiiculty Without inconvenience or detriment. By this it should be understood that ,this attachment may be made a part of an entirely new machine, and thus constitute'an integral part of the same or it may be applied 'to' an old machine as an addition thereto or be substi-f tuted f 'or some otherdevice.

Referring now to the drawings, A is the ri ht-hand wheel, and A 'the left-hand wheel. T ese Wheels revolve on the spindles ofthe bell-crank-lever axles c and c These levernana B', which are cast 1n the formshown in Figs/1, 2,. and L3 andare provided on their upper edges with teeth or eogs tV b, by which they are held` in any desired position by the springactuated d s bt for-purposes hereinafter explained. l hese sectors are cast in pairs 'and-are double-walled and .bolted together, g. forming spaces between them for the move- Vments of the lever-axles ce', which are pivoted thereto by bolts t b. of said sectors projections 6 b" are cast to On the inner ends form boxes or chambers C for the` rece tion and movement of sliding bars c c', as s own in Fig, 1.

D is a box or chamber in-which the sliding bars c c move. ,The box D may be a part of a new machine or may be'a part of this at tachnient to an old machine. As shown in the drawings, itis a part of a new machine o n which the rods and braces d d rest and are bolted. E is the drivers seat-a part of the machine-having a spring e and slpported by a cross-bar F, secured to rods d Below the box D the scraper G is shoWnin dotted lines. This scraper may be of' any Ivoo ITO

preferred form and may be located at any desired position under the grader. Proper mechanism will be provided for raising and lowering the Ascraper or other device; but as ,that is not a art of my invention I will not describe or il ustrate it. In the operation of my attachment the lWheels A A may be set, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to throw the dirt to the right or'left, as desired. To do this, the bell-crank-lever axles a a are simply thrown to the rightor left. As the wheels are independently adjustable, the ri ht wheel may be thrown to the right and the left wheel remain in a vertical position, or both wheels may be thrown in theame direction. The'wheels in like manner may be thrown in opposite directions, as in digging a ditch or dike. The WheelsA and A may also be caused to take a wider or narrower tread by moving the bars c and c by the use of the turning-rods c c and the gears c c" to move them inward or outward. This will bring the wheels A and A closertogether or spread them apart, as necessity or convenience may require. When the right or left Wheel is thrown to the right or left, as shown in Fig. I, the rader may be successfullused against steep anks of earth or en rou Having. thus fully described my invention and itsopeation, what I claim., and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. e combination with a road-grading machine, of a two-Wheeled attachment, havn ing wheels on opposite sides of the same, ad-

instable at different angles, jointly or inde pendenti and means for adjus thesame substantlaily'ns described.

or hilly pla-ces. Man other adrate double-walled sectors, moving 1n a common box to giveanarrow or 2.3111 an attachment for road-grading ins# chines the combination with two adjustalv.d wheels, of bellcrank-lever axles, pivoted to toothed sectors secured to said, ading-machine, and means forl locking said wheels in predetermined adjustments, substantially as described.

3.- In an attachment for road-grading machines the combination with two doublewalled tootheld sectors on opposite sides of Said attachment, of a common box, and bars, moving in said box., secured to said sectorsI and means for moving said bars toward and from each other, substantially as described.

4. In an attachment for road-grading machines the combination withindependentlyad'ustable wheels, of two bell crank-lever ax es, two doubleawalled sectors, abox common to said sectors, bars sliding in said 4box connected to said sectors, and means for o erating and lookin the bars in place, su stantially as descri ed. i

5. As an article of manufacturefan at tachment to road-gradin`g machines comprising two independently-adjustable wheels revo ving on separately-,adjustable spindles forming parts of separate axles operated by separate bell-crank levers, pivoted to sepaconnected to bars wider tread to the wheels and means to operate said bars, substantially as described.

In testimon whereof I affix my signature in presence ofy two subscribing Witnesses. JAMES EDWIN RIDINGS Witnesses' FRED F. EBERHARDT, JN0. E. RYBEBG. 

